# Amputations at Vitex Extrusion, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022064831` · 6/4/2022 · FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Vitex Extrusion, LLC
- **Location:** 43 Industrial Drive, FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03235
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During the first billet extrusion, the billet accelerated from a release of pressure. An employee's glove was caught on the extrusion and the employee sustained a finger amputation, two broken finger0, and a fractured wrist.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*